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The Jefferson Bible
The life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other …
Killing the Buddha
Now in paperback -- the book that caused a religious and critically acclaimed stir. "Publishers Weekly" called it "the most original and insightful spiritual writing to come out of …
Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
In this acclaimed fiction debut, "a rich, often ironic homage to Yiddish culture and language" (Publishers Weekly), Peter Manseau weaves 100 years of Jewish history, the sad fate …
Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
Itsik Malpesh was born the son of a goose-plucking factory manager during the Russian pogroms - his life saved on the night it began by the young daughter of a kosher slaughterer. …
The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost
In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized America's imagination. A "spirit photographer," William Mumler, took portrait …
Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
Summer, sweltering, 1996. A book warehouse in western Massachusetts. A man at the beginning of his adult life -- and the end of his career rope -- becomes involved with a woman, a …
Discovery and Revelation
An illustrated history of how scientific study and religious thought have influenced each other throughout the history of the United States. Discovery and Revelation explores the …
One Nation, Under Gods
At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the …
Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son
Profiling mid-twentieth-century Boston as a time in which devout families routinely provided children for a life of religious service to the Catholic church, the son of a former …
The Maiden of All Our Desires
For fans of Lauren Groff, Maggie O'Farrell, and Emma Donoghue, a devastating novel of love, intrigue, and community in a time of sickness that remade the world Fourteenth-century …
Killing the Buddha
"e;If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."e; The ninth-century sage Lin Chi gave this advice to one of his monks, admonishing him that this Buddha would only be a …
Jefferson Bible
The life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other …